The Ceylon Petroleum Private Bowser Owners Association today threatened to suspend transportation of fuel on April 9th &10th if their demand to increase fee rates are not met by the CPC.

England beat Sri Lanka comprehensively by eight wickets in the second test match a short while ago. The series was leveled at one all after Sri Lanka beat the worlds top test team in Galle last week. Kevin Peitersen was the star for England scoring 1

An avalanche smashed into a Pakistani army base on the Siachen Glacier close to India today, burying around 130 soldiers, a security official said. Rescue efforts are under way on the remote and frigid Siachen Glacier, where thousands of Pakistani an

JVP dissident leader Premakumar Gunarathnam and member of the dissident arm Dimuthu Attigala have been arrested early this morning, the JVP dissidents said. The dissident leader of the JVP was arrested in Kiribathgoda while Attigala  UPDATED

The body of a youth who drowned in Habaraduwa was found yesterday the Police said. The victim and two others had been bathing in the sea on April 5th, when they had been swept away by a current. The others had managed to escape the current and had co

An Indian who was trading textiles on a pavement in Vavuniya was arrested last evening. The Police said that the trader did not possess a valid license and that he is due to be produced before a magistrate today

A special operation has been launched by the police from yesterday to bust illegal activities taking place in the Kelaniya and surrounding areas.

The Sri Lanka all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for excessive appealing in the second Test against England in Colombo.

The Production Keeper of the Galle Chief Magistrate’s Court was taken into custody on suspicion for attempting to change a stock of jewellery that were kept under his charge

A student from a leading school in Kandy was hospitalized after being assaulted by a retired Major in the army following a heated argument at the scouts Jamboree held in Dambulla yesterday.

Several statues in Batticaloa, including that of Mahathma Gandhi and Lord Baden Powell the founder of the world scout movement have been vandalized in the early hours today by an unidentified gang, police said

A well-known night club in Colombo 03 was raided in the wee hours of the morning today for selling liquor past the stipulated hour. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said today that the club, located on the Duplication Road had sold liquor early this mor

A body of a Chinese national who was believed to have drowned on Wednesday (4) was found today some seven nautical miles off the Mirissa coastal belt. A group of tourists who were on a whale watching tour in the area discovered the body.

A Sri Lankan man believed to be the mastermind behind the MV Sun Sea human smuggling case has been arrested in France and will be extradited to Canada, the RCMP said Thursday

The French Embassy has taken fresh diplomatic initiatives  in pursuing the case regarding the killing of 17 workers attached to the French branch of the international aid agency called ‘Action against Hunger’ in August, 2006 in Muttu

Lord Naseby (Michael Morris) - Founder of the Sri Lanka Friendship Group in the UK Parliament/ All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka - today said there was a visible change in the TNA which is more willing, open and appreciative towards governme

Slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in an interview given to an Indian newspaper had warned about United States attempt to perpetuate and escalate the war in order to establish a base in Trincomalee, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ran

The US State Department has submitted a report to the US Congress on ‘Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies to Investigate and Hold Accountable Violators of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law’

England, replying to Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 275, were bowled out for 460 shortly before stumps on the third day of the second Test in Colombo on Thursday

MP Duminda Silva who is currently undergoing treatment is Singapore is to have further brain surgery next week. The surgery is to be conducted at the Elizabeth hospital in Singapore, reliable sources said

Hirunika Premachandra the daughter of slain Presidential adviser Baratha Lakshman Premachandra expressed her disappointment on the conduct of the Criminal Investigations Department in relation to the Magistrates court inquiry involving the murder of

The Cabinet today approved the revision of the Motor Traffic Act to implement spot fines of Rs.1000 for each violation of the seat belt regulation the Cabinet spokesman said

Inspector General of Police N.K Illangakone ordered a disciplinary inquiry against CID officials who failed to appear at courts yesterday in the case of the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premchandra and three others

‘Reconditioned vehicle’ importers yesterday lamented that they will have no option but to close down their business making one million employees redundant unless the government change its decision to impose taxes and other restrictions on

Dr.Harendra Dissa Bandara, a university academic has been appointed Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with effect from April 2

A speeding private bus ran over nine buffaloes in the Boragola area in Aranthalawa this morning, the police said.

An 18 year old school girl was dragged away by a crocodile this morning when she went to the Nilwala River, in Akurassa to take a bath. PICTURES

Police and the security forces have asked the members of the EPDP to be cautious in view of the recent killing of one of its members at Periyakulam, allegedly by the LTTE.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Prasanna Alwis today ordered CID Inspector Merrill Ranjan to appear before court personally on April 17 as he was not present in court when the Bharatha Lakshman magisterial inquiry came up for hearing.

A sergeant and four constables of the Rangala police, who allegedly obstructed the duties of Presidential Security Division officers including an Army captain and ten others, and assaulted one of them